We got the school pictures from Thomas today. He is looking good. He is having some trouble in school. The teacher said he missed part of his homework two days in a row, and did badly on the test. I asked him about it, because I always check his homework. It seems he has only been doing half the work, and been saying it was done. He was crying when he told me. I was calm, and tried to be constructive. He said they gave him way too much homework . With this I can agree! He is in the 2ND grade and has 3 pages of writing to do everyday (too much)! We are going to be checking what the normal level is for the second grade. Thomas goes to a special language school. At our last parent teacher conference, the teacher said the level in the school was much higher then the normal German grade schools. I think my son is smart, but he already has enough pressure to learn both English and German (and he has only been in Germany two years). I don't need to have is spirit broken by some over achieving grade school program. He is a child, and can not be doing 3 hours of homework every after noon. We will take care of this problem...you can be sure of that!
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